A  LIST  OF  BOOKS  AND  ARTICLES 

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CITY  PLANNING  and  CIVIC  CENTERS 


Compiled  and  Annotated  by  Jesse  Cunningham, 
Librarian  of  the  Municipal  Reference  Branch 


GENERAL. 

Books  and  Pamphlets. 

Addams,  Jane.  The  spirit  of  youth  and  the 
city  streets.  1909.  29 

American  League  for  Civic  Betterment. 
Proceedings.  1901.  Pam.  352.701 

Volume  4,  no.  4  of  the  Home  Florist. 

American  Park  and  Outdoor  Art  Associa¬ 
tion.  Publications,  v.  3-7.  1899-1903. 

Ref.  65L 

- Report.  1-2.  1897-1898.  Ref.  65L 

The  large  interest  in  the  importance  of  public 
parks  and  pleasure  grounds  led  to  the  organization 
of  this  association. 

American  Park  Builders.  American  parks 
and  their  construction,  n.  d.  Pam.  352.74 

Architectural  League  of  America.  Report 
of  the  committee  on  civic  improvements. 
1906.  Pam.  352.701 

Resumg  of  what  has  been  accomplished  or  is  being 
planned  in  a  few  cities  and  towns. 

Arthur,  W.  Our  home  city.  1911.  Ref.  710 

Baker,  M.  N.  Municipal  engineering  and 
sanitation.  1902.  40 

Bill  for  a  National  Advisory  Board  on  Civic 
Art  and  a  plea  showing  the  demand  and 
necessity  for  such  a  board.  1906. 

Pam.  352.701 


The  National  Society  of  Fine  Arts  submitted  this 
bill. 

Chautauquan.  Civic  improvement  number. 
June.  1907.  Pam.  352.701 

Has  several  articles  on  city-making  by  well-known 
authorities. 

Crawford,  A.  W.  The  house  beautiful  and 
its  relation  to  the  city  beautiful.  1905. 

Pam.  352.701 

Contains  also  “Window  Gardening,”  by  H.  D. 
Hemenway.  American  Civic  Association  pamphlet 
no.  1. 

Eno,  W.  E.  Street  traffic  regulation.  1909. 

Ref.  352 

Great  Britain.  Laws,  statutes,  etc.  The  hous¬ 
ing  of  the  working  classes  acts,  1890-1909, 
and  town  planning,  annotated  and  ex¬ 
plained;  together  w.  the  statutory  rules 
and  forms,  by  C.  E.  and  F.  J.  Allan.  1911. 

Ref.  331.8 

Hollander,  J.  H.  Cities  and  public  build¬ 
ings.  (in  Maryland.  Board  of  World’s 
Fair  Managers.  1893.)  Ref.  917.52 

Lamb,  F.  S.  City  making,  prospectus  of  the 
department.  American  Civic  Association 
Leaflet  no.  4.  Pam.  352.701 

Lancaster,  H.  V.  Town  and  country;  some 
aspects  of  town  planning.  1909. 

Pam.  352.701 

A  clipping  from  the  Journal  of  the  Royal  Institute 
of  British  Architects,  Feb.  20,  1909. 


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Liverpool  University.  Arts  Faculty.  Pros¬ 
pectus  of  the  school  of  architecture  for 
the  session  1909-10.  1909.  Pam.  352.701 

One  of  the  objects  of  this  school  is  to  equip  archi¬ 
tects,  engineers  and  others  with  a  knowledge  of  town 
planning. 

McCrea,  Mrs.  A.  E.  and  Crawford,  A.  W. 
Railroad  improvements.  American  Civic 
Association  Leaflet  no.  6.  Pam.  352.701 

McFarland,  J.  H.  Furnishing  the  streets  in 
suburban  communities.  Pam.  352.701 

Reprint  from  “Suburban  Life.” 

Maltbie,  M.  R.  Civic  art  in  northern 
Europe,  a  report  to  the  Art  Commission 
of  the  city  of  New  York.  1903. 

Pam.  352.701 

Mr.  Maltbie  collected  data  from  the  experiences 
of  sixteen  large  European  cities. 

Manning,  W.  H.  Suggestions  for  beautify¬ 
ing  the  home,  village  and  roadway,  n.  d. 

Pam.  352.701 

Reprint  from  the  Youth’s  Companion  by  the  Amer¬ 
ican  Civic  Association. 

Marsh,  B.  C.  An  introduction  to  city  plan¬ 
ning;  democracy’s  challenge  to  the  Ameri¬ 
can  city  with  a  chapter  on  the  technical 
phases  of  city  planning.  1909. 

Outlines  the  achievements  of  foreign  cities  in 
civic  improvement  and  gives  a  brief  review  of  the 
work  in  a  few  American  cities.  Bibliography  on  pp. 
153-56. 

National  Conference  on  City  Planning. 
Proceedings.  1909-1911.  Ref.  710 

The  proceedings  for  the  first  meeting  are  published 
as  U.  S.  Senate  Document  no.  42  of  the  61st  Cong. 
2d  sess.  Thereafter  the  proceedings  are  published  by 
the  conference. 

Olmstead,  F.  L.  City  planning  1910.  710 

Address  delivered  at  the  Second  National  Con¬ 
ference  on  City  Planning  and  Congestion  of  Popula¬ 
tion,  Rochester,  May  2,  1910. 

Pray,  J.  S.  The  department  of  landscape 
architecture  in  Harvard  University.  1911. 

Pam.  352.701 

Reprint  from  “Landscape  Architecture,”  Jan.,  1911. 

Robinson,  C.  M.  The  improvement  of  towns 
and  cities.  1906.  Ref.  65L 

Contains  much  information  about  what  has  been 
done  at  home  and  abroad  in  civic  aesthetics. 

- Modern  civic  art.  1903.  Ref.  65L 

A  few  of  the  subjects  treated  are:  A  new  day  for 
cities;  The  city’s  focal  points;  In  the  business  dis¬ 
trict;  In  the  residential  sections;  The  city  at  large. 

- The  width  and  arrangement  of  streets, 

a  study  in  town  planning.  1911. 

Royal  Institute  of  British  Architects.  Town 
planning  conference  London,  10-15  Octo¬ 
ber,  1910.  Transactions.  1911.  Ref.  710 

Stark,  W.  P.  Civic  improvement  for  town 
and  country.  (In  Missouri.  State  Board 
of  Horticulture.  Annual  report.  3.  1909.) 

Ref.  63b 


Triggs,  H.  I.  Town  planning,  past,  present 
and  possible.  1909.  Ref.  710 

Mr.  Triggs  as  holder  of  the  Godwin  Bursary  spent 
several  years  on  the  Continent  of  Europe  where  he 
studied  closely  the  methods  that  have  made  Paris, 
Munich,  Berlin  and  Vienna  beautiful  cities. 

Unwin,  Raymond.  Town  planning  in  prac¬ 
tice,  an  introduction  to  the  art  of  design¬ 
ing  cities  and  suburbs.  1909.  Ref.  710 

Maps,  photographs  and  other  material  collected 
during  some  years  of  study  and  practice  of  town 
planning.  Quite  an  elaborate  treatise. 

Willis,  W.  A.  Housing  and  town  planning 
in  Great  Britain,  being  a  statement  of  the 
statutory  provisions  relating  to  the  hous¬ 
ing  of  the  working  classes  and  to  town 
planning.  1909.  1910.  Ref.  331.83 

Woodhead,  Howard.  The  first  German 
Municipal  exposition  held  in  Dresden  in 
1903.  1904.  Pam.  352.701 

Reprint  from  the  American  Journal  of  Sociology, 
volume  9,  no.  4,  5,  6,  and  volume  10,  no.  1. 

Zueblin,  Charles.  A  decade  of  civil  im¬ 
provement.  1905.  65L 

Magazine  Articles. 

A.  C.  A.  Spirit  of  civic  improvement.  Brush 
and  Pencil.  18:149-53.  1906. 

Alden,  P.  Problem  of  housing  the  poor. 
Chautauquan.  61:311-30.  1911. 

Baltimore  Municipal  Art  Conference. 
Municipal  Affairs.  3:706-14.  1899. 

Barker,  H.  A.  Need  of  a  city  plan  com¬ 
mission.  American  City.  4:64-5.  1911. 

- Park  in  its  relation  to  physical 

geography  and  the  city  plan.  Charities. 
19:1506-12.  1908. 

Batterson,  E.  C.  Town  promotion  and  city 
planning.  American  City.  4:119-20.  1911. 

Baxter,  S.  Art  in  the  street.  Century.  49: 
697-705.  1906. 

- Civic  center,  a  dominant  aesthetic 

feature.  Charities.  19:1502-4.  1908. 

- Civic  improvement  in  the  street  and 

highway.  Century.  42:682-90.  1902. 

Blashfield,  E.  H.  A  word  for  municipal  art 
Municipal  Affairs.  3:582-93.  1899. 

Bottge,  F.  Art  of  laying  out  cities. 
Cassier.  38:483-9.  1910. 

Brown,  F.  C.  What  is  being  accomplished 
in  civic  improvement  here  and  abroad. 
Craftsman.  19:149-53.  1910. 

Brown,  R.  Suggestions  for  municipal  im¬ 
provements.  New  England  Magazine,  n. 
s.  40:472-80.  1909. 

Brunner,  A.  W.  Must  the  American  city  be 
ugly?  Harper's  Weekly.  54:12-13 :Jan.  1910. 

Budd,  K.  C.  Plant  decoration.  Municipal 
Affairs.  5:685-95.  1901. 


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Buis,  Ch.  City  aesthetics.  Municipal  Affairs. 
3:732-41.  1899. 

This  is  a  translation  of  “L’Esthetique  des  Villes” 
by  Mr.  Buis,  who  has  been  a  leader  in  the  movement 
for  the  betterment  of  cities. 

Christian,  Mrs.  W.  Texas  cities  and  their 
improvement.  Chautauquan.  47 :68-73.  1907. 

City  plan  notes.  Charities.  19:1557-62.  1908. 

City  planning  and  congestion.  Survey.  25: 
1069-71.  1911. 

City  planning  and  urban  congestion.  Out¬ 
look.  95:282-3.  1910. 

Clancy,  E.  A.  Ready  made  cities.  Harper f s 
Weekly.  53:30.  Jan.  2, 1909. 

Cleaning  up  American  Cities.  Survey.  25: 
83-4.  1910. 

Coffin,  C.  H.  Beautifying  cities;  a  com¬ 
parison  of  the  growing  beauty  of  the 
world’s  municipalities  and  the  impulses 
that  are  making  for  improvement.  World’s 
Work.  3: 1429-35.  1901. 

Crawford,  A.  W.  Street,  the  basic  factor  in 
the  city  plan.  Charities.  19:1493-502.  1908. 

Crawley,  A.  E.  Town  planning.  Nature. 
84:498-9.  1910. 

Croly,  H.  What  is  civic  art?  Architectural 
Record.  16:46-52.  1904. 

Davison,  T.  R.  Our  best  municipal  build¬ 
ings.  Magazine  of  Art.  27:131-36.  1902. 

DeForest,  R.  W.  Practical  side  of  city  plan¬ 
ning.  Charities.  19:1549-50.  1908. 

Ford,  F.  L.  City  making.  Chautauquan. 
47:64-8.  1907. 

Ford,  G.  A.  Relation  of  city  planning  to 
the  municipal  budget.  American  City.  4: 
66-71.  1911. 

Ford,  G.  B.  City  plan  exhibit  in  Berlin. 
V- Survey .  24:643-5.  1910. 

- City  planning  exhibition  in  Berlin. 

American  City.  3:120-24.  1910. 

- Second  National  Conference  on  City 

-  Planning  and  Congestion.  Survey.  24: 
293-8.  1910. 

}Fuller,  M.  V.  London  town  planning  con- 
_ — -ference.  American  City.  4:41-2.  1911. 

Gould,  C.  F.  City  planning,  too  many 
|  straight  lines.  Outlook.  98:747-8.  1911. 

Growth  of  town  planning.  Chautauquan. 
U  61:291-2.  1911. 

Harder,  J.  F.  The  city’s  plan.  Municipal 
Affairs.  2:25-45.  1898. 

Hartman,  E.  T.  Town  planning.  Chart- 
ties.  19:1519-21.  1908. 

Haupt,  L.  M.  Planning  the  site  for  a  city. 
Engineering  Magazine.  8:626-3 7.  1895. 


Hooker,  G.  E.  Traffic  and  the  city  plan. 
Charities.  19:1491-3.  1908. 

Howe,  F.  C.  American  city  of  tomorrow. 
Hampton.  26:573-84.  1911. 

Hurd,  R.  M.  The  structure  of  cities. 
Municipal  Affairs.  6:24-43.  1902. 

Ihlder,  J.  London  town  planning  confer¬ 
ence.  Review  of  Revews.  43:46-8.  1911. 

Johnson,  W.  T.  Coming  city  planning 
exhibition.  Survey.  26:183-4.  1911. 

Jones,  Beatrix.  City  Parks.  Municipal 
Affairs.  3:687-90.  1899. 

Kellar,  P.  R.  Washing  away  a  city’s  hills. 
World  Today.  19:703-8.  1910. 

Kelsey,  A.  The  city  possible,,  utility, 
beauty,  economy.  Booklover’s  Magazine. 
2:163-73.  1903. 

Kelsey,  F.  W.  Parks  and  tree  planting  in 
American  cities.  Municipal  Affairs.  5: 
675-83.  1901. 

Kriehn,  George.  The  city  beautiful. 
Municipal  Affairs.  3:594-601.  1899. 

Lamb,  F.  S.  Beautifying  of  cities.  Crafts¬ 
man.  2:172:88.  1902. 

Levison,  J.  J.  Woman’s  influence  in  beauti¬ 
fying  our  cities  with  trees.  American  City. 
5:85-7.  1911. 

Lewis,  N.  P.  The  planning  of  undeveloped 
city  areas.  American  City.  3:137-40.  1910. 

Lay,  C.  D.  Playground  design.  Landscape 
Architecture.  2:63-75.  1912. 

London  town  planning  conference.  Archi¬ 
tectural  Record.  28:455-7.  1910. 

MacFarland,  B.  F.  The  twentieth  century 
city.  American  City.  5:138-9.  1911. 

- J.  H.  Growth  of  city  planning  in 

America.  Charities.  19:1522-8.  1908. 

- Why  not  have  a  beautiful  town?  Ladies * 

Home  Journal.  24:27.  April,  1907.  1908. 

Maltbie,  M.  R.  Advertising  signs  and  art. 
Municipal  Affairs.  5:738-53.  1901. 

- Street  fixt*res  and  vital  art.  Craftsman . 

6:219-27.  1904. 

Marsh,  B.  C.  City  planning  in  justice  to  the 
working  population.  Charities.  19:1514-8. 
1908. 

Martin,  J.  City  planning.  Survey.  23: 
417-8.  1909. 

Modern  city  improvements.  Architectural 
Record.  22:323-32.  1907. 

Miscellaneous  comment  on  the  subject. 

Moses,  E.  C.  Elevated  railways  and  civic 
beauty.  World  Today.  12:160-9.  1907. 

Municipal  aesthetics  from  a  legal  standpoint. 
Municipal  Affairs.  3:7 15-23.  1899. 


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Nolen,  John,  Putting  a  city  into  action. 
American  City.  5:332-4.  1911. 

- Replanning  smaller  cities.  American 

City.  4:238-9.  1911. 

Olmsted,  F.  L.  The  basic  principles  of  city 
planning.  American  City.  3:67-72.  1910. 

- The  limits  of  city  beautification,  a  reply 

to  an  inquiry.  American  City.  2:209-12.  1910. 

- Scope  and  results  of  city  planning  in 

Europe.  Survey.  22:497-508.  1909. 

Our  cities  as  they  are  and  as  they  ought 
to  be.  Revieiv  of  Revews.  42:499-500.  1910. 

Oyen,  H.  Beautification  and  business. 
World’s  Work.  22:14612-8.  1911. 

Padelford,  F.  M.  Civic  control  of  archi¬ 
tecture.  American  Journal  of  Sociology. 
14:38-51.  1908. 

Parkhurst,  H.  L.  A  plea  for  stained  glass. 
Municipal  Affairs.  3:694-701.  1899. 

Parsons,  S.  and  O’Donovan,  W.  R.  Design 
as  applied  to  cities.  North  American  Re¬ 
view.  185:862-8.  1907. 

Petavel,  J.  W.  Town  planning  of  the  future. 
Westminster.  172:398-405.  1909. 

Planning  for  cities.  Independent.  70: 
1431-3.  1911. 

Price,  W.  L.  Beautiful  city.  Craftsman. 
17:53-7.  1909. 

Public  art  in  American  cities.  Municipal 
Affairs.  2:1-13.  1898. 

Rankin,  N.  S.  Plotting  towns  for  a  future. 
World  Today.  19:782-4.  1910. 

Robinson,  C.  M.  Cities  of  the  present  as 
representative  of  a  transition  period  in 
urban  development.  Architectural  Record. 
28:458-62.  1910. 

- City  plan  exhibit.  Survey.  22:313-8.  1909. 

- City  plans  and  planners.  Survey.  26: 

397-400.  1911. 

- - Civic  improvement.  Charities.  21 :684-6. 

1909. 

- Civic  imorovement.  Craftsman.  17: 

425-8.  1910.  Survey.  23:185-7;  24:152-5; 

324-6;  420-2;  631-3;  865-8;  25:117-9;  475-8. 

1910. 

- Handicraft  workers  and  civic  beauty. 

Craftsman.  5 :235-39.  1904. 

- Interest  in  civic  improvement.  Crafts¬ 
man.  17:425-8.  1910. 

- London  town  planning  conference.  Sur¬ 
vey.  25:253-5.  1910. 

- Remaking  of  cities.  World’s  Work.  12; 

8046-50.  1906. 

- Replanning  cities.  Charities.  19:1489-90. 

1908. 

Schopfer,  Jean.  Art  in  the  city.  Architectural 
Record.  12:573-83.  1903. 


Shean,  C.  M.  The  decoration  of  public 
buildings,  a  plea  for  Americanism  in  sub¬ 
ject  and  ornamental  detail.  Municipal 
Affairs.  5:711-20.  1901. 

Shirley,  Major  J.  W.  The  problem  of  ex¬ 
tending  the  city  plan.  American  City.  3: 
193-4.  1910. 

Stilson,  F.  J.  Civic  beauty  and  civic  safety. 
Chautauquan.  47 :80-5.  1907. 

Sturgis,  R.  Beautifying  the  American  city. 
Scribner’s  Magazine.  33:509-12.  1903. 

Taylor,  G.  R.  Cincinnati  civic  convention. 

1909.  Survey.  23:321-8.  1909. 

Town  planning.  Independent.  66:872-4.  1909. 

Editorial. 

Town  Planning  Review.  Journal  of  the 
Department  of  Civic  Design,  School  of 
Architecture,  University  of  Liverpool,  v. 
1.  no.  3,  4.  1910-11.  v.  2.  no.  2.  1911. 

Warner,  J.  D.  Civic  centers.  Municipal 
Affairs.  6:1-23.  1902. 

- The  importance  of  municipal  improve¬ 
ments.  Craftsman.  5 :362-67.  1904. 

Weed,  H.  E.  Civic  development  in  Okla¬ 
homa  and  Texas.  American  City.  2: 

158-60.  1910. 

Woodruff,  C.  R.  City  planning  in  America. 
Atlantic.  101:721-7.  1908. 

- Progress  in  city  planning.  American 

City.  3:75-6.  1910. 

- Rebuilding  our  cities.  World  Today. 

16:493-500.  1909. 

Zueblin,  Charles.  A  decade  of  civic  im¬ 

provement.  Chautauquan.  36:174-77.  1902. 

- The  making  of  the  city.  Chautauquan. 

38:2 67-75.  1903. 

INDIVIDUAL  PLACES. 

Books  and  Magazine  Articles. 

Algiers.  Plate.  A  close  view  of  the  water 
front,  showing  the  storage  spaces  below 
the  Esplanade  and  the  inclined  railways. 
Altus,  Oklahoma.  Jensen,  L.  P.  A  prelim¬ 
inary  report  on  the  improvement  of  the 
city  of  Altus,  Oklahoma.  1910. 

Pam.  352.701 

- Hooker,  H.  J.  Small  city’s  plans  for 

growth,  Altus,  Oklahoma.  American  City. 
4:51-5.  1911. 

Baltimore.  Baltimore.  Municipal  Art.  Soc. 
Partial  report  on  city  plan.  1910.  Ref.  710 

- Olmsted  Brothers.  Report  upon  the 

development  of  public  grounds  for 
Greater  Baltimore.  1904.  352.7 

A  personal  study  of  the  needs  and  opportunities 
for  a  comprehensive  outer  park  system  for  Baltimore. 
The  conclusions  and  the  advice  are  intended  to  be 
preliminary. 

- Dennenberg,  J.  Civic  art  in  Baltimore. 

Craftsman.  9:202-1 7.  1900. 


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Bangor ,  Me.  Manning,  W.  H.  Bangor  city- 
plan,  the  burned  district.  1911.  Ref.  710 

This  report,  besides  covering  the  relocation  of 
buildings,  .  .  .  and  the  improvement  of  the  street 

system,  including  bridges  and  connection  with  out¬ 
lying  regions,  emphasizes  the  possibilities  for  beauty 
of  the  river  banks. — Landscape  Architecture. 

Berlin.  Plate.  Showing  the  artistic  advan¬ 
tages  of  broad  plazas. 

Binghamton,  N.  Y.  Robinson,  C.  M.  Better 
Binghamton,  a  report  to  the  Mercantile- 
Press  Club  of  Binghamton.  1911.  Ref.  710 

The  author  is  high  authority  on  town  planning. 
With  the  recommendations  for  the  proper  and  system¬ 
atic  development  of  the  city  are  included  street  and 
topographical  maps. 

Birmingham,  Eng.  Nettleford,  J.  S.  Town 
planning  and  co-partnership  housing.  Sur¬ 
vey.  26:370-3.  1911. 

Boston.  Boston.  Parks  Department.  Annual 
report  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners. 
1895-1911.  Pam.  352.7 

Contains  reports  of  landscape  architects  and  plans 
and  schemes  for  parks,  playgrounds  and  boulevards. 

- Boston  Society  of  Architects.  Report 

of  its  committee  on  municipal  improve¬ 
ments.  1907.  Pam.  352.701 

Suggestions  here  offered  are  not  endorsed  or  ap¬ 
proved  by  the  Society  but  are  merely  printed  with  the 
hope  that  a  fuller  investigation  will  follow. 

- “Boston  1915.”  Official  catalogue  and 

year  book.  1909.  Pam.  352.701 

- Prospectus.  1909.  Pam.  352.701 

The  1915  Boston  Exposition  will  be  held  from  Nov. 
1  to  27th,  1912.  It  will  be  a  collection  of  exhibits 
by  agencies  engaged  in  the  improvement  of  the  city. 

- What  Boston  1915  is.  Bulletin  no.  1. 

1909.  Pam.  352.701 

- Massachusetts.  Metropolitan  Park  Com¬ 
mission.  Annual  reports.  1904-1910. 

Pam.  352.7 

Contains  reports  by  Sylvester  Baxter,  Charles  Eliot 
and  the  Olmsted  Brothers. 

- A  history  and  description  of  the  Boston 

Metropolitan  parks.  1900.  Pam.  352.701 

- Brown,  F.  C.  Civic  improvement  in 

Boston,  present  and  future.  Craftsman. 
19:273-83.  1910. 

- Kellog,  P.  U.  1915  Boston  exposition. 

Survey.  23 :328-34.  1909. 

— — Lovejoy,  O.  R.  Making  Boston  over. 
Survey.  22:764-78.  1909. 

- Shurtleff,  A.  A.  Practice  of  replanning; 

suggestions  from  Boston.  Charities.  19: 
1529-32.  1908. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Brooklyn  Daily  Eagle, 
Brooklyn  planning  section.  April  12, 
1912. 

- Brooklyn  League.  A  civic  center. 

[1904?]  Pam.  352.701 

Shows  some  of  the  features  of  the  material  devel¬ 
opment  of  Brooklyn  during  the  year  1904. 

- Milhau,  Zella.  The  block  beautiful 

World’s  Work.  6:4000-06.  1903. 


Buffalo.  Buffalo.  Railways  Terminal  Com¬ 
mittee.  Report  on  proposed  improvement 
of  passenger  and  freight  terminals  at 
Buffalo.  1907.  Pam.  352.701 

Study  and  analysis  of  the  Buffalo  terminal  situation, 
recommending  the  Fillmore  site  for  a  Union  Passenger 
Terminal. 

- Cary,  George.  The  grouping  of  public 

buildings  and  gardens  with  adjoining 
water  front,  excursion  docks  and  Union 
Station  for  the  city  of  Buffalo.  1905. 

Pam.  352.701 

The  railway  terminal  situation  in  Buffalo  is  more 
complex  than  that  of  any  other  city  in  this  country. 
This  is  a  plan  for  the  betterment  of  conditions. 

- McFarland,  J.  H.  Buffalo,  a  city  of 

homes.  Outlook.  88:393-405.  1908. 

Cambridge,  Mass.  Cambridge  (Mass.). 
Mayor’s  Commission.  Report  upon  a  com¬ 
prehensive  plan  for  the  development  and 
improvement  of  the  streets  and  disposal 
of  refuse.  1911.  Pam.  352.701 

Cedar  Rapids,  la.  Robinson,  C.  M.  Report 
with  regard  to  civic  affairs  in  the  city  of 
Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa.  1908.  Pam.  352.701 

One  of  the  earliest  acts  of  the  first  commission 
government  of  Cedar  Rapids  was  to  engage  Mr.  Rob¬ 
inson  to  make  a  survey  of  the  city  and  report  on 
possible  improvements. 

Chicago.  Chicago.  Outer  Belt  Park  Com¬ 
mission.  Report.  Forest  preserves; 
country  playfields  for  the  people  of  Chi¬ 
cago  and  Cook  County.  1905.  Pam.  352.701 

- Special  Park  Commission.  The  call  for 

trees.  Pamphlet  no.  2.  July,  1909. 

Pam.  352.77 

- Trees — What,  when  and  how  to  plant 

them.  Pamphlet  no.  4.  Oct.  1909. 

Pam.  352.77 

- Chicago  Commercial  Club.  Plan  for  a 

boulevard  to  connect  the  north  and  south 
sides  of  the  river  on  Michigan  Ave.  and 
Pine  Street.  1908.  Pam.  352.701 

The  need  of  a  connecting  boulevard  to  bridge  the 
gap  between  the  North  and  South  Park  systems  was 
the  incentive  for  this  report.  The  scheme  takes 
into  account  the  needs  of  the  whole  city  as  well. 

- Chicago  Plan  Commission.  Chicago’s 

greatest  issue,  an  official  plan.  1911. 

Pam.  352.701 

This  pamphlet  portrays  the  condition  of  Chicago 
and  is  designed  for  reference  so  that  all  citizens  may 
study  “The  Plan  of  Chicago.” 

- Proceedings.  3rd  meeting  March  7, 

1910.  6th  meeting  Sept.  14,  1910.  7th 
meeting  Oct.  18,  1910.  8th  meeting  Jan. 
13,  1911.  9th  meeting  March  22,  1911. 

Pam.  352.701 

- Delano,  F.  A.  Address  to  the  Chicago 

Real  Estate  Board,  Jan.  25,  1906.  1906. 

352.701 

Contains  a  suggestion  for  the  solution  of  the 
Chicago  terminal  problem. 


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- Foreman,  H.  G.  Outer  belt  of  forest 

preserves  and  parkways  for  Chicago  and 
Cook  County.  1904.  Pam.  352.701 

Address  delivered  before  the  Outer  Belt  Park 
Commission. 

- Hofer,  Amalie,  comp.  Neighborhood 

improvement  in  and  about  Chicago.  1909. 

Pam.  352.701 

Something  of  what  the  women  have  done  in  inaugur¬ 
ating  improvements  in  Chicago. 

- Burton,  C.  P.  New  and  greater  Chi¬ 
cago.  Independent.  69:128-34.  1910. 

- Eliot,  C.  W.  Study  of  the  new  plan  of 

Chicago  with  remarks  on  city  planning  in 
general.  Century.  79:417-31.  1910. 

Hooker,  G.  E.  Plan  of  Chicago.  Survey. 
22:778-90.  1909. 

- Sikes,  G.  C.  New  Chicago.  Outlook. 

92:997-1013.  1909. 

- Taylor,  G.  R.  New  Chicago.  Charities. 

19:1551  -7.  1908. 

- Plate.  A  Chicago  civic  center,  one  of 

the  typical  small  parks.  1906. 

- Map  showing  proposed  and  existing 

park  lands. 

- Proposed  plan  for  the  city  of  Chicago, 

showing  Lake  Front  Parkway,  Yacht 
Harbor  and  Docking,  Civic  Center  with 
radiating  arteries  and  Park  and  Boulevard 
System. 

Cincinnati.  Cincinnati.  Park  Commission. 
A  park  system  for  the  city  of  Cincinnati. 
Report  to  the  honorable  Board  of  Public 
Service.  1907.  Ref.  65L 

A  plan  for  a  comprehensive  system  of  parks  within 
the  borders  of  Cincinnati  with  the  necessary  lines 
of  intercommunication. 

- Kessler,  G.  E.  The  plan  of  Cincinnati. 

American  City.  2:3-7.  1910. 

Cleveland.  Burnham,  D.  H.,  and  others. 
The  group  plan  of  public  buildings  of  the 
city  of  Cleveland.  1907.  Pam.  352.701 

Second  edition  with  the  supplement  indicating  the 
progress  of  the  improvement.  Cleveland  is  making 
headway  in  carrying  out  this  group  plan. 

- Cleveland  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

Grouping  Plan  Committee.  Progress  of 
the  grouping  plan  for  Cleveland  public 
buildings.  1904.  Pam.  352.701 

- Dyer,  J.  M.  Cleveland’s  new  city  hall; 

complete  description  of  the  proposed 
municipal  building  with  floor  plans,  eleva¬ 
tions  and  comparisons  with  other  similar 
building’s.  Pam.  352.701 

A  clipping  from  “Ohio  Architect  and  Builder.” 

- Brunner,  A.  W.  City  and  town  plan¬ 
ning,  suggesting  beauty  based  on  busi¬ 
ness  conditions.  Craftsman.  17:657-67. 
1910. 

- - Howe,  F.  C.  Cleveland  group  plan. 

Charities.  19:1548.  1908. 


- Plate.  Public  buildings  group  now  under 

construction. 

Colorado  Springs.  Robinson,  C.  M.  Report 
on  the  development  of  the  streets.  1905. 

Ref.  710 

Columbia,  S.  C.  Kelsey  and  Guild.  The 
improvement  of  Columbia,  South  Caro¬ 
lina;  report  to  the  Civic  League.  1905. 

Pam.  352.701 

Columbia,  like  Washington  had  the  choosing  of 
her  own  site  and  the  good  fortune  to  have  a  well- 
made  plan  in  the  beginning,  but  it  was  too  arbitrary 
and  topography  was  ignored.  This  scheme  seeks  to 
modify  the  existing  gridiron  plan. 

Columbus ,  O.  Columbus.  Plan  Com.  Plan 
of  Columbus,  rept.  1908. 

Dallas,  Tex.  Babcock,  J.  R.  The  campaign 
for  a  city  plan  in  Dallas.  American  City. 
3:157-62.  1910. 

Denver.  Robinson,  C.  M.  Proposed  plans 
for  the  improvement  of  Denver.  1906. 

Pam.  352.701 

When  this  plan  was  first  broached  there  was  an 
opposition  which  took  years  to  overcome.  #  Now 
Denver  takes  great  pride  in  the  project,  which  is 
making  her  famous. 

- Robinson,  C.  M.  The  development  of 

Denver.  American  City.  2:197-207.  1910. 

Detroit.  Detroit.  Parks  and  Boulevards  De¬ 
partment.  Annual  report.  1904-1905;  1907- 
1910.  Pam.  352.7 

- Phillips,  T.  G.  City  tree  planting,  selec¬ 
tion,  planting  and  care  along  city 
thoroughfares.  1910.  (Detroit  City  Plan 
Com.  Rept.  1.)  Ref.  710 

District  of  Columbia.  Map  of  the  permanent 
system  of  highways.  1911. 

- Map  showing  existing  and  proposed 

park  system. 

Dresden.  Plate.  Theatre  place. 

- Plate.  The  Zwingerhoff.  A  formal 

group  treatment. 

Dubuque,  la.  Robinson,  C.  M.  Civic  im¬ 
provement  in  Dubuque.  Charities.  21: 
461-4.  1908. 

Dunfermline,  Scotland.  Geddes,  Patrick. 
City  development,  a  study  of  parks,  gar¬ 
dens  and  culture  institutions.  1904. 

Ref.  65  L 

Report  on  the  laying  out  of  a  park  in  Dunfermline, 
made  to  the  Carnegie  Trust. 

Edinburgh,  Scotland.  Robinson,  C.  M.  Civic 
improvement  in  Edinburgh;  the  work  of 
the  Cockburn  Association.  Municipal 
Affairs.  3:664-71.  1899. 

Essex  Co.,  New  Jersey.  Essex  County  ( N .  J.) 
Park  Commission.  Annual  report.  1896- 
1908.  Pam.  352.7 

Contains  reports  by  the  Olmsted  Brothers  on  the 
noteworthy  county  system  of  parks  and  reserves 
covering  Newark,  the  Oranges,  Montclair  and  neigh¬ 
boring  towns. 


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Fort  Wayne,  Ind.  Robinson,  C.  M.  Civic 
revival.  Survey.  22:687-9.  1909. 

Frankfort,  Germany.  Plate.  River  front. 

Gary,  Ind.  Fuller,  H.  B.  Building  Gary, 
Indiana,  to  order.  Harper’s  Weekly.  51: 
1482-3.  1907. 

Germany.  Gurlitt,  C.  German  city  planning. 
Architectural  Record.  24:135-48;  350-63. 

1908. 

Translations  by  Sylvester  Baxter. 

- Baxter,  S.  German  way  of  making  bet¬ 
ter  cities.  Atlantic.  104:72-85.  1909. 

- Howe,  F.  C.  City  building  in  Germany. 

Scribner’s  Magazine.  47:601-14.  1910. 

- Nolen,  John.  The  basis  of  German  city 

planning  procedure.  Landscape  Archi¬ 
tecture.  2:52-9.  1912. 

- Weirick,  R.  F.  Mannheim — a  remark¬ 
ably  planned  city.  American  City.  5: 
189-93.  1911. 

- Woodhead,  H.  Hints  from  Germany; 

Suburban  areas.  Charities.  19:1512-3.  1908. 

Grand  Rapids.  Brunner,  A.  W.,  and  Carrere, 
J.  M.  Preliminary  report  for  a  city  plan 
for  Grand  Rapids.  1909.  .Pam.  352.701 

Conditions  in  Grand  Rapids  are  favorable  to  a 
city  plan  with  extensive  park  provisions.  The  parks 
are  ready  to  hand  and  do  not  have  to  be  made. 

- Grand  Rapids.  Board  of  Trade.  Mu¬ 
nicipal  Affairs  Committee.  Monthly  re¬ 
port.  June,  1910.  Pam.  352.701 

Notes  on  city  planning. 

- Ihlder,  J.  Civic  spirit  and  city  planning 

in  Grand  Rapids.  Charities.  21:120-2.  1908. 

- Civic  conversion  of  a  city;  how  the 

city  of  Grand  Rapids  is  being  transformed 
by  the  combined  efforts  of  its  influential 
citizens.  World  Today.  15:1163-9.  1908. 

Greenville,  S.  C.  Kelsey  and  Guild.  Beautify¬ 
ing  and  improving  Greenville,  South  Car¬ 
olina,  report  to  the  Municipal  League. 
1907.  Pam.  352.701 

A  report  confined  to  suggestions  and  plans,  omitting 
the  general  consideration  of  municipal  and  civic 
problems. 

Harbourne,  Eng.  Town  planning  at  Har- 
bourne,  England.  1907.  Pam.  352.701 

Reprint  from  the  Birmingham  Gazette  and  Express, 

Sept.  21,  1907.  Refers  particularly  to  improved 

tenements. 

Hartford,  Conn.  Ford,  F.  L.,  comp.  The 
grouping  of  public  buildings.  1904.  (Mu¬ 
nicipal  Art  Society.  Hartford,  Conn. 
Bulletin  no.  2.)  Pam.  352.701 

A  reprint  of  a  series  of  articles  on  this  subject 
in  Connecticut  newspapers. 

- Hartford,  Conn.  City  Plan  Commission. 

Annual  report.  1908-1911.  Pam.  352.701 

Contains  an  excellent  monograph  on  “Public  Com¬ 
fort  Stations”  by  F.  L.  Ford. 


- Dickinson,  E.  L.  Civic  improvement; 

what  has  been  done  in  Hartford,  Conn. 
New  England  Magazine,  n.  s.  41 :34-43. 
(Incorrectly  paged  802-11.)  1909. 

- Ford,  F.  L.  The  commission  on  the 

city  plan  of  Hartford.  American  City.  3: 
237-39.  1910. 

Honolulu,  H.  I.  Robinson,  C.  M.  The  im¬ 
provement  of  Honolulu.  1906. 

Pam.  352.701 

Honolulu  desires  to  be  made  the  well-to-do  and 
popular  stopping  point  for  all  tourist  travel  across 
the  Pacific.  To  this  end  plans  were  outlined  to  make 
the  city  so  attractive  that  no  one  would  want  to  pass 
without  a  visit. 

Hudson  Co.,  N.  J.  Hudson  Co.  Park  Com¬ 
mission.  Annual  report.  1903-1910. 

Pam.  352.7 

Hungary.  Hungary.  Magyar  Varosok  Orsz. 
Kongresszus.  Naplo;  ed.  by  Harrer  Ferenc. 
Ules  1.  1909.  Ref.  352 

Journal  of  the  National  Congress  of  Hungarian 
cities.  Treats  of  civic  improvement  and  the  planning 
and  laying  out  of  cities  and  towns.  (Hungarian.) 

Jersey  City.  Jersey  City.  City  Plan  Commis¬ 
sion.  Know  city  planning,  yesterday, 
to-day,  to-morrow,  for  a  better  Jersey 
City.  1911.  Pam.  352.701 

Kalamazoo,  Mich.  Improving  Kalamazoo. 
World’s  Work.  20:13089-90.  1910. 

Kansas  City,  Mo.  Kansas  City.  Park  Com¬ 
missioners.  Report.  1905-1910.  Pam.  352.7 

London,  Eng.  Cecil,  Hon.  Mrs.  Evelyn. 
London  Parks  and  Gardens.  1907. 

Ref.  711 

Sketch  of  the  history  of  the  more  important  parks 
and  gardens  within  the  boundaries  of  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  London  County  Council. 

- London  County  Council.  Parks  and 

Open  Spaces  Committee.  London  parks 
and  open  spaces.  Notes  on  the  acquisi¬ 
tion,  history  and  maintenance  of  the  parks, 
gardens  and  open  spaces  under  the  con¬ 
trol  of  the  council.  1906.  Pam.  352.701 

- Plate.  Trafalgar  Square  and  the  en¬ 
trance  to  the  Strand. 

Los  Angeles.  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Municipal 
Art  Commission.  Report.  1909.  Ref.  710 

Suggestions  of  C.  M.  Robinson  providing  for  better 
roads,  an  aqueduct  and  civic  improvements  requiring 
an  expenditure  of  over  fifty  million  dollars. 

- Mitchell,  J.  W.  Los  Angeles  in  the 

making.  American  City.  2:149-57.  1910. 

Madison,  Wis.  Madison  Park  and  Pleasure 
Drive  Association.  Annual  report.  1908- 
09;  1911.  Pam.  352.7 

- Nolen,  John.  Madison,  a  model  city. 

1911.  Ref.  710 

A  fair  and  frank  examination  of  the  city’s  needs 
was  made  with  the  intent  of  taking  definite  steps 
to  adopt  a  practical  plan. 


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Milwaukee.  Milwaukee.  Metropolitan  Park 
Commission.  First  tentative  report.  1909. 

Pam.  352.701 

- Report  of  F.  L.  Olmsted  and  John 

Nolen  on  a  civic  center.  1909. 

Pam.  352.701 

- City  planning  in  Milwaukee.  Outlook. 

97:479.  1911. 

Minneapolis.  Minneapolis.  Court  House  and 
City  Hall  Commissioners.  A  history  of  the 
municipal  building.  1909.  Ref.  710 

Souvenir  issued  on  the  completion  of  the  City  Hall. 

- -  - Park  Commissioners.  Annual  re¬ 
port.  1901;  1904-1910.  Pam.  352.7 

Mirror ,  Canada.  Trancontinental  Town  Site 
Co.  Mirror,  the  city  beautiful.  1911. 

Pam.  352.701 

Mirror  in  Western  Canada  is  to  be  made  a  division 
point  and  trade  center  on  the  Grand  Trunk  Pacific 
Railway,  which  is  to  be  finished  in  1913. 

Montclair,  N.  J.  Montclair.  Municipal  Art 
Commission.  Montclair,  the  preservation 
of  its  natural  beauty  and  its  improvement 
as  a  residence  town;  report  of  John  Nolen, 
landscape  architect,  and  the  commission’s 
recommendations  to  the  citizens  of  Mont¬ 
clair.  1909.  Ref.  710 

- Planning  for  the  future  of  Montclair, 

N.  J.  American  City.  3:32-5.  1910. 

See  also  Essex  Co.,  N.  J. 

New  Haven,  Conn.  New  Haven.  Civic  Im¬ 
provement  Commission.  Report  of  the  civic 
improvement  committee.  1910.  Ref.  710 

Report  of  Cass  Gilbert  and  F.  L.  Olmsted  with 
their  special  recommendations  and  suggestions  for  the 
development  of  the  heart  of  the  city,  plans  for  widen¬ 
ing  the  streets  and  for  inner  and  outer  parks,  play¬ 
grounds  and  reservations. 

New  Orleans.  James,  G.  W.  Municipal  art 
in  American  cities;  New  Orleans,  Louisi¬ 
ana.  .Arena.  38:465-78.  1907. 

New  York  City.  Davis,  A.  E.  The  borough 
beautiful,  a  Bronx  opportunity.  1905. 

Pam.  352.701 

Taper  read  before  the  New  York  City  Improvement 
Commission  at  a  hearing  in  the  office  of  the  President 
of  the  Borough  of  the  Bronx. 

- New  York  (City.)  Art  Commission. 

Annual  report  and  minutes.  1902-09. 

Pam.  352.7 

The  Art  Commission  was  created  by  a  Municipal 
Act  originally  drafted  by  J.  M.  Carrere.  The  Com¬ 
mission  exercises  a  broad  and  full  supervision  over 
works  of  art,  buildings  and  other  features  affecting 
the  appearance  of  streets,  avenues  and  squares. 

- City  Improvement  Commission.  Re¬ 
port  of  the  New  York  City  Improvement 
Commission  to  the  Hon.  G.  B.  McClellan. 
1907.  Ref.  352.701 

The  commission  puts  forth  a  formula  or  skeleton 
outline  for  future  changes  and  development  of  the 
thoroughfares,  parks  and  parkways.  Plans  accom¬ 
pany  the  report. 


- New  York  (State.)  Bronx  River  Park¬ 
way  Commission.  Report.  1906.  (N.  Y. 

State  Assembly  Documents.  1906.  v.  26.) 

Ref.  27b 

- Report  of  the  Bronx  River  Park¬ 
way  Commission,  appointed  under  Chap¬ 
ter  699,  Laws  of  1906.  1906.  Ref.  710 

- Sage  Foundation  Homes  Co.  Forest 

Hills  Gardens,  the  suburban  land  develop¬ 
ment  of  the  Russell  Sage  Foundation. 
1911. 

— —Doyle,  A.  P.  Beautifying  Columbus 
Circle.  Municipal  Affairs.  5:722-25.  1901. 

- Croly,  H.  Civic  improvement,  the  case 

of  New  York.  Architectural  Record.  21: 
347-52.  1907. 

- Civic  center  for  New  York.  Municipal 

Affairs.  6:478-83.  1902. 

- Barnaby,  C.  W.  Methods  of  laying  out 

cities.  Cassier.  38:400-7.  1910. 

- Bush-Brown,  H.  K.  New  York  city 

monuments.  Municipal  Affairs.  3:602-15. 
1899. 

- Lamb,  F.  S.  New  York  City  improve¬ 
ment  report.  Charities.  19:1533-6.  1908. 

- Lee,  J.  E.  Play  and  congestion.  Char¬ 
ities.  20:43-8.  1908. 

- Lopez,  C.  Municipal  sculpture.  Munic¬ 
ipal  Affairs.  5:696-708.  1901. 

- Mitchell,  C.  B.  Trees  in  city  streets. 

Municipal  Affairs.  3:691-3.  1899. 

- Municipal  Art  League.  Growth  and 

beauty  of  our  American  cities;  practical 
suggestions  offered  for  advancement  in 
art,  sanitation  and  general  comfort  of 
metropolitan  life.  Craftsman.  16:399-413. 
1910. 

- National  conference  of  city  planning. 

Survey.  22:299-300.  1909. 

- National  Sculpture  Society.  From  the 

battery  to  Harlem.  Suggestions.  Munici¬ 
pal  Affairs.  3:616-50.  1899. 

- Pink,  L.  H.  Gas  tanks  vs.  the  city  beau¬ 
tiful.  Survey.  22:596-7.  1909. 

- Robinson,  C.  M.  Civic  improvements. 

A  reply  to  an  article  in  Architectural  Record. 
21:347-52.  Architectural  Record.  22:117- 
20.  1907. 

- Schopfer,  Jean.  Plan  of  a  city.  Arch¬ 
itectural  Record.  12:692-703.  19*02. 

- Spencer,  N.  S.  Street  signs  and  fixtures. 

Municipal  Affairs.  5:726-37.  1901. 

- Verdure  for  the  city  streets;  how  the 

Municipal  Art  Society  is  working  to 
beautify  New  York  with  plants  and 
flowers.  Craftsman.  16:550-8.  1909. 

- Warner,  J.  D.  The  city  of  bridges. 

Municipal  Affairs.  3:651-63.  1899. 

-  - Matters  that  suggest  themselves. 

Municipal  Affairs.  2:123-32.  1898. 


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- Winkler,  F.  R.  Mitigating  the  gridiron 

street  plan;  good  effects  in  New  York 
City.  Architectural  Record.  29:379-96.  1911. 

Newark,  N.  J .  Newark  ( N .  /.)  Shade  Tree 
Commission.  Annual  reports.  1904-date. 

Pam.  352.77 

The  Newark  Commission  has  an  enviable  reputation 
for  work  accomplished  in  beautifying  streets  by  plant¬ 
ing  trees.  See  also  Essex  Co.,  N.  J. 

Oakland,  Cal.  Robinson,  C.  M.  A  plan  for 
civic  improvement  of  the  city  of  Oakland, 
California.  1906.  Pam.  352.701 

This  plan  met  with  hearty  approval  in  Oakland  and 
on  Jan.  14,  1907,  the  people  voted,  by  a  large  ma¬ 
jority,  in  favor  of  an  issue  of  bonds  amounting  to 
$992,000  to  purchase  lands  recommended  in  the  re¬ 
port. 

Paris,  France.  Forestier,  J.  C.  N.  Grades 
villes  et  systemes  de  pares.  1906. 

Pam.  352.701 

- Robinson,  W.  The  parks,  promenades 

and  gardens  of  Paris  described  and  con¬ 
sidered  in  relation  to  the  wants  of  our 
cities.  Lond.  1869.  Ref.  65L 

- Smith,  E.  R.  Baron  Haussmann  and  the 

topographical  transformation  of  Paris  un¬ 
der  Napoleon  III.  Architectural  Record. 
22:121-33;  227-38;  369-85;  491-506.  1907. 

23:21-38.  1908. 

Bibliography  at  the  end  of  each  article.  The  pres¬ 
ent  systematic  study  of  town  planning  is  supposed  to 
have  originated  in  the  far-reaching  schemes  of  Baron 
Haussmann.  (1853.) 

- Plate.  Place  Vendome,  showing  the 

public  square  and  column  Vendome  sur¬ 
rounded  by  formal  architecture. 

- - Plate.  Champs  Elysees. 

Similar  treatment  recommended  between  Chestnut 
and  Market  Streets  from  Twelfth  to  the  Union  Sta¬ 
tion.  (St.  Louis.) 

Philadelphia.  Crawford,  A.  W.  Parks  and 
parkways.  1904.  Pam.  352.701 

Contains  also  “The  Improvement  of  the  Schuylkill 
Water  Front,”  by  L.  W.  Miller.  1904. 

- Philadelphia.  Allied  Organizations.  The 

existing  and  proposed  outer  park  systems 
of  American  cities,  n.  d.  Ref.  710 

-  - City  Parks  Association.  Annual 

reports.  Pam.  352  7 

The  20th  (1908)  annual,  report  contains  the  “Offi¬ 
cial  Plans  for  the  City’s  Development;”  the  21st 
(1909)  report  is  devoted  to  “The  Need  of  a  City 
Plan;”  the  23d  (1911)  report  gives  first  place  to 
“The  City  Plan  of  Philadelphia.” 

- Special  report  on  the  city  plan. 

1902.  Pam.  352.701 

Philadelphia  has  long  felt  the  need  of  additional 
small  parks  owing  to  the  failure  to  carry  out  the 
far-sighted  provisions  of  early  plans.  This  report 
advocates  more  open  spaces  and  the  extension  of 
existing  diagonal  streets. 

- Fairmount  Park  Association.  Report 

of  the  commission  employed  by  the  asso¬ 
ciation  to  study  the  entrance  of  the  Phila¬ 
delphia  Parkway  into  Fairmount  Park. 

1908.  Pam.  352.701 

Contains  also  the  address  on  “Architectural  De¬ 
velopment  of  Cities”  delivered  by  R.  A.  Cram  at  the 
36th  annual  meeting  of  the  Association. 


- Mayor.  Second  annual  message  for 

the  year  ending  Dec.  31,  1908.  Pam.  352.701 

The  message  is  largely  devoted  to  city  planning 
and  improvement. 

- Crawford,  A.  W.  City  planning  and 

Philadelphia  parks.  Annals  of  the  Amer¬ 
ican  Academy.  35:287-96.  1910. 

-  - Recent  city  planning  in  Phila¬ 
delphia.  Charities.  19:1537-42.  1909. 

Pittsburg.  Olmsted.  F.  L.  Pittsburgh 
main  thoroughfares  and  the  down-town 
district;  improvements  necessary  to  meet 
the  city’s  present  and  future  needs.  1911. 

Ref.  710 

An  interesting  feature  of  this  repprt  is  the  argu¬ 
ment  that  delays  and  congestion  of  traffic  are  a  factor 
in  the  increased  cost  of  living. 

- Howland,  H.  J.  City  practical,  a  city 

plan  to  relieve  and  prevent  congestion  and 
to  regulate  the  cost  of  living.  Outlook. 
97:3 93-402.  1911. 

- Olmsted,  F.  L.  Pittsburgh  city  plan, 

thoroughfares,  civic  center  and  water 
front.  Survey.  25:733-53.  1911. 

- Robinson,  C.  M.  Pittsburgh  street  plan. 

Survey.  25:728-30.  1911. 

Port  Sunlight,  Eng.  Beeson,  E.  W.  Port 
Sunlight,  the  model  village  of  England,  a 
collection  of  photographs.  1911.  Ref.  710 

Providence,  R.  /.  Map  of  the  metropolitan 
district  showing  proposed  systems  of 
parks,  boulevards  and  public  reservations. 

Reading,  Pa.  Nolen,  John.  Replanning 
Reading.  1910.  710 

Reading,  an  old  city,  as  originally  planned,  was 
very  similar  to  Philadelphia.  The  main  features  con¬ 
sidered  in  Mr.  Nolen’s  plan  are:  Penn  Square  and 
the  civic  center;  Public  buildings;  Boulevards;  Play¬ 
grounds  and  housing. 

- Green,  H.  R.  The  awakening  of  Read¬ 
ing.  American  City.  2:245-53.  1910. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.  Baker,  R.  S.  Do  it  for 
Rochester.  American  Magazine.  70:683-96. 
1910. 

- Brunner,  A.  W.,  and  others.  A  city  plan 

for  Rochester,  a  report  prepared  for  the 
Rochester  Improvement  Committee.  1911. 

352.701 

Rochester  is  a  city  well  known  for  its  enterprise 
and  highly  developed  civic  pride.  This  report  deals, 
first,  “with  certain  specific  improvements,  more  or 
less  imminent,  in  the  central  part  of  the  city;  second, 
with  the  general  question  of  improving  the  street 
system  of  the  city,  illustrated  with  a  number  of  spe¬ 
cific  suggestions,  and  third,  with  the  general  question 
of  public  lands,  other  than  highways,  especially  those 
to  be  used  for  park  purposes,  also  illustrated  by  a 
number  of  specific  suggestions.” 

- City  planning.  Rochester.  Outlook. 

98:467-8.  1911. 

- Rochester  to  the  fore.  Survey.  26: 

136-8.  1911. 

St.  Louis.  Englemann  Botanical  Club.  Tree 
Planting  Committee.  Tree  planting  in  St. 
Louis.  1902.  Pam.  352.77 


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ST.  LOUIS  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 


- McAdam,  D.  H.  Tower  Grove  Park  oi 

the  city  of  St.  Louis,  review  of  its  origin 
and  history,  plan  of  improvement,  orna¬ 
mental  features,  etc.  1883.  352.7 

- St.  Louis.  City  Plan  Commission.  Re¬ 
port.  1910-11.  Pam.  352.701 

This  association  was  an  organization  of  private 
citizens  interested  in  the  future  development  of  St. 
Louis.  The  report  contains  extracts  from  addresses 
delivered  before  the  meetings. 

- Civic  League.  The  need  of  a  city 

plan  for  St.  Louis.  1907.  Ref.  710 

Shows  the  conditions  in  St.  Louis  in  1907,  with  a 
brief  statement  of  city  planning  progress  in  other 
large  cities. 

-  -  - A  city  plan  for  St.  Louis. 

1907.  352.701 

Plan  for  the  improvement  of  St.  Louis  drafted  by 
several  committees  under  the  direction  of  the  execu¬ 
tive  board  of  the  Civic  League.  The  problems  consid¬ 
ered  were:  A  group  plan  for  municipal  buildings; 
An  inner  and  outer  park  system;  Civic  centers — the 
grouping  of  small  parks,  playgrounds,  public  baths, 
libraries,  etc.;  Street  improvements;  A  municipal  Art 
Commission;  Legislation  necessary  to  carry  into  effect 
the  plans  as  outlined. 

-  -  - Outer  park  system  for  St. 

Louis  city  and  county.  1910.  Pam.  352.701 
-  - Forest  Park  Commissioners.  Re¬ 
port.  1875.  Pam.  352.7 

- Kingshighway  Commission.  Report, 

March,  1903.  ~  Pam.  352.7 

- Park  Commissioner.  Annual  Report. 

1896;  1899-1911.  352.7 

Other  reports  can  be  found  in  the  Mayor’s  Message 
and  Accompanying  Documents. 

-  - Public  Buildings  Commission.  Re¬ 
port.  1904.  Pam.  352.701 

A  comprehensive  scheme  for  the  development  of  the 
city’s  official  buildings,  which  was  expected  to  offer 
a  start  for  a  definite  plan  to  be  carried  out  in  suc¬ 
ceeding  years. 

- Crandall,  U.  S.  The  model  city,  a  sug¬ 
gestion  for  the  St.  Louis  Exposition. 
Municipal  Affairs.  5:670-4.  1901. 

- Fesler,  Mayo.  The  municipal  outlook 

in  St.  Louis.  American  City.  2:101-9.  1910. 

- Mauran,  J.  L.  Public  art  in  St.  Louis. 

Municipal  Affairs.  3:702-5.  1899. 

- Robinson,  C.  M.  City  plan  report  of 

St.  Louis.  Charities.  19:1542-5.  1908. 

- Block  plan,  ideal  poor  form  group. 

- Cross  section  and  plan  of  the  river 

front,  showing  the  commercial  opportuni¬ 
ties  under  the  proposed  esplanade. 

- Plate.  The  Kingshighway,  nineteen 

miles  in  length. 

- Plan  no.  1.  Showing  a  possible  group¬ 
ing  along  Twelfth  Street. 

- Plan  no.  2.  Proposed  Municipal  Court 

and  Public  Parkway  looking  south,  Thir¬ 
teenth  to  Fourteenth  Streets. 

- Map  showing  how  St.  Louis  early 

turned  her  back  on  a  beautiful  water  front. 


- Plate.  New  City  Hall,  the  nucleus  of 

any  grouping  of  public  buildings. 

. - Relief  map  of  St.  Louis  and  contiguous 

territory,  prepared  for  a  city  plan  for 
St.  Louis.  1906. 

- Plate.  The  Soulard  Civic  Center.  A 

suggested  treatment  which  will  not  inter¬ 
fere  with  the  market  place. 

- Plate.  Typical  sections  of  the  River 

Des  Peres  valley;  route  of  the  proposed 
Des  Peres  boulevard. 

St.  Paul.  St.  Paul.  Capitol  Approaches  Com¬ 
mission.  Report  to  the  Common  Council 
of  the  city  of  St.  Paul.  1906.  Pam.  352.701 

The  distinctive  features  of  the  project  are:  (1) 
The  systematic  plaza  in  front  of  the  capitol;  (2) 
The  central  approach;  (3)  The  Cedar  Street  mall;  (4) 
The  Summit  Avenue  or  Cathedral  approach. 

- Croly,  H.  Ambitions  of  three  cities. 

Architectural  Record.  21 :337-46.  1907. 

- Watrous,  R.  B.  St.  Paul’s  opportunity. 

American  City.  3:3-8.  1910. 

- Wheelock,  W.  Re-setting  Minnesota’s 

capitol.  Charities.  19:1545-7.  1908. 

San  Diego,  Cal.  Nolen,  John.  San  Diego, 
a  comprehensive  plan  for  its  improvement. 

1908. 

San  Francisco.  Burnham,  D.  H.,  and  Ben¬ 
nett,  E.  H.  Report  of  a  plan  for  San 
Francisco  presented  to  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Supervisors  by  the  Association 
for  the  Improvement  and  Adornment  of 
San  Francisco.  Ed.  by  E.  F.  O’Day. 
1905.  352.701 

From  a  bungalow  built  on  a  spur  of  Twin  Peaks, 
which  point  was  selected  on  account  of  its  panoramic 
view,  Mr.  Burnham  studied  and  worked  out  this 
plan.  The  scheme  had  been  adopted  as  a  tentative 
plan  before  the  earthquake. 

- Hill,  A.  A.  Reconstruction  of  San 

Francisco.  1904.  Pam.  352.701 

A  clipping  from  “Charities.” 

- Promised  city  of  San  Francisco.  Arch¬ 
itectural  Record.  19:425-37.  1906. 

Discussion  of  the  plans  of  D.  H.  Burnham.  Shows 
four  plans. 

San  Jose,  Cal.  Robinson,  C.  M.  The  beau¬ 
tifying  of  San  Jose,  California.  1909. 

Ref.  710 

Santa  Barbara.  Santa  Barbara,  Cal.  Civic 
League.  Report  of  C.  M.  Robinson  re¬ 
garding  the  civic  affairs  of  Santa  Barbara; 
also  report  of  the  Committee  of  Eleven 
on  the  Improvement  of  the  City  Streets. 

1909.  Ref.  710 

Seattle,  Wash.  Seattle  (Wash.)  Park  Com¬ 
missioners.  Parks,  playgrounds  and  boule¬ 
vards  of  Seattle,  Washington.  1909. 

Pam.  352.701 

Contains  the  original  report  of  the  Olmsted  Brothers, 
landscape  architects,  for  a  comprehensive  scheme  of 
parks  and  parkways. 

- Municipal  Plans  Commission.  Plan  of 

Seattle.  1911.  Ref.  710 


CITY  PLANNING  AND  CIVIC  CENTERS 


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The  Municipal  Plans  Commission  was  created  by 
an  amendment  to  the  city  charter  with  the  duty  to 
procure  plans  for  the  arrangement  of  the  city  with 
a  view  to  future  expansion. 

- Robinson,  C.  M.  Planning  for  Seattle’s 

future.  Arch.  Rec.  31:165-70.  1912. 

Spring-field ,  Mass.  Tower,  J.  E.,  ed.  Spring- 
field,  present  and  prospective.  1905. 

Pam.  352.701 

- James,  G.  W.  Municipal  art  in  Amer¬ 
ican  cities,  Springfield,  Mass.  Arena.  37 : 
16-30.  1907. 

- Kirkham,  Guy.  The  improvement  of 

Springfield,  Mass.  House  and  Garden.  3: 
277-82.  1903. 

- Wellman,  H.  C.  Recent  development 

in  Springfield,  Mass.  Charities.  19:1548-9. 

1908. 

Toronto ,  Canada.  Toronto  Guild  of  Civic 
Art.  Report  on  a  comprehensive  plan  for 
systematic  civic  improvements  in  Toronto. 

1909.  Pam.  352.701 

The  work  outlined  is  divided  into  two  branches,  the 
radial  road  projects  and  those  which  have  relation  to 
the  connection  of  various  squares  and  parks  by  boule¬ 
vards,  driveways  and  parkways. 

Washington ,  D.  C.  American  Institute  of 
Architects.  Plan  of  Washington.  352.701 

A  clipping  from  the  Journal  of  the  Proceedings  of 
the  Institute. 

- District  of  Columbia.  Chief  of  Engineers. 

Report  upon  improvement  and  care  of 
public  buildings,  and  upon  the  care  and 
maintenance  of  the  Washington  monu¬ 


ment  and  of  the  highway  bridge  across 
the  Potomac  River,  Washington,  District 
of  Columbia.  1910  and  1911.  Pam.  352.7 

- U.  S.  Congress.  Senate.  The  improve¬ 
ment  of  the  park  system  of  the  District  of 
Columbia,  ed.  by  Charles  Moore.  1902. 

352.7 

* Contents :  (i)  The  report  of  the  Senate  Committee 

on  the  District  of  Columbia  on  the  improvement  of 
the  park  system  of  the  District.  (2)  Report  of  the 
Park  Commissioner. 

- Committee  on  the  District  of  Colum¬ 
bia.  City  Planning.  Hearing  before  the 
committee  on  the  District  of  Columbia. 
61st  Cong.  2d  Sess.  Sen.  Doc.  no.  422. 

1910.  352.7 

- Burnham,  D.  H.,  and  others.  The 

twentieth  century  Washington.  House  and 
Garden.  2:39-56.  1902. 

- Mechlin,  L.  Washington  plan  and  tfoe 

art  of  city  building.  Studio.  33.  Supple¬ 
ment:  109-15.  1908. 

- Olmsted,  F.  L.  Beautifying  of  cities. 

Independent.  54:1870-77.  1902. 

- Schuyler,  M.  Art  of  city  making. 

Architectural  Record.  12:1-12.  1902. 

Washington.  Plate.  View  of  Washington 
Place  looking  toward  the  capitol. 

Waterloo ,  la.  Robinson,  C.  M.  The  well¬ 
being  of  Waterloo;  report  of  the  Civic 
Society  of  Waterloo,  Iowa.  1910.  Ref.  710 
- What  can  be  done  in  Waterloo.  Amer¬ 
ican  City.  4:17-9.  1911. 


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